Calcimine



UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

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To all whom it may i l Be it known that I, Jenn HamrrWooD, a

and State'of Illinois, have inve'ii'ted litertain' new and useful Paste Calcimine and I do hereby declare that the renewih ds a full, clean; and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to an improved calcimine both in White and i v rieuseelor tints, adapted for use-(iii Walls aiidceilings and for other purposeslwliere decorative effects are desired. y

It is at obj ect ofthis invention tetrotiat a calcimine in paste form which may be made ready for use by the addition of water until the proper consistency is obtained and of different color tints by the addition of various color pigments.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to provide a calcimine which does not change, decompose or ferment in storage or after application upon a surface; which remains perfectly soft when kept in closed containers or covered with water; which is antiseptic and acts as a disinfectant to the surface upon which applied, forming a sanitary coating on which reproduction of bacteria and growth of fungi cannot proceed; which Works smooth under the brush and flows perfectly, and, when applied in the proper consistenc forms a coating which will not peel, crac nor scale off the surface to which it is applied.

It is finally an object of this invention to provide a paste calcimine easy and cheap to manufacture, readily prepared for use and easily applied, and, when no further needed, easily removed by washing with water.

The paste calcimine consists of a mixture of whiting, silica, magnesium silicate, aluminum silicate, or any inert pigment together with a specially prepared vegetable glue and water. In the preparation of this calcimine, three hundred fifty (350) pounds of whiting or inert pigment, ninety four (94) pounds of vegetable glue, and eleven (11) gallons of water are thoroughly incorporated in a specially constructed mixer. Different colored pigments may be added to secure the tints desired.

Any glue or adhesive may be used, but preferably a vegetable glue such as disclosed in the application for patent of James H. Paiton, for Glueand process of making Specification 6i Letters Patent.

same, filed 1 frugilst 17th, 1916, Serial bl uni Patente d July 1, 1919 v Appnetieh fileebteter as, 1916;, s'eheftro. 12?,5'33.

ber 1%;467, and which ma be made iii either one of the followinglhixturesi i I Mixture No.3

Eighteen pounds at fleet, widths allons of water are put into mixer and thoroughly mixed with one another, after which two? and sixft'eiiths pints at eaasticseda soliltiori are" aeaeagne soda Samaria has a estate gravity at 1.4:, the: eeat ir M attest/eater cent; of causes seciawrhe reactibnof are constituents of the mixture is allowed to pro- I teed Miwture N 0. 2.

Nine pounds of starch (any kind of starch, preferably corn starch) are mixed with four and one-half gallons of water; one and oneeighth pints of caustic soda solution of 1.9 specific gravity and tWo and one-fourth gallons more water are then added to the starch solution and all stirred until thoroughly mixed and allowed to stand approximately for twelve hours. The mixture is then agitated and six pints of sulfuric acid added, the strength of which is one pint of acid to four pints of water. After this is thoroughly intermixed, four and one-half pints of resin size, mixed in two and one-fourth gallons of water, are added, and the whole stirred until thoroughly incorporated.

The resin size is obtained by dissolving five pounds of resin and two and one-half pounds of borax and two pints of caustic soda solution of 1.4 specific gravity, in ten and one-half pints of water. This is boiled until a solution is obtained, or, in other words, until the constituents are dissolved in the water.

The paste calcimine prepared in the above manner has a semi-paste consistency, and can be marketed in metal or wood packages and transferred Without injurious effects or changes in the calcimine taking place.

It isobvious that the proportion of the different substances may be varied, but apa M iv lllm wwl t Wm WM, were Mi ,4 N U, approxlmately two hours, while contiifually stirred in the mixer. The excess of plicant purposes claiming broadly the calcimine composition consisting of pulverized Whiting or calcium carbonate, the specially prepared vegetable glue described, and Water.

I claim as my invention: 1. A paste calcimine comprising calcium carbonate, Water, a glue comprising the reaction products of starch, Water, sodium hydroxid and acid to neutralize the excess amount of sodium hydroxid, all mixed in substantially the proportions described. I V 2. A paste calcimine comprising a mixture in substantially the proportions described, of Whiting, a color pigment, Water, and a glue embracing the reaction products of starch, ater, sodium hydroxid, resin size, and acid to neutralize the excess amount of sodium hydroxid.

3. A paste calcimine containing three hundred fifty .(350) pounds of Whiting, eleven (11) gallons of water, and ninety four (94:) pounds of vegetable glue comprising the rehundred fifty (350) action products of starch, Water, caustic soda, resin size, and acid.

4. A calcimine consisting of calcium carbonate and a glue comprising the reaction products of starch, water, NaOH, resin size, and sufiicient acid to neutralize the excess amount of NaOH.

5. A paste calcimine consisting of three ounds of an inert pigment, ninety four 94) pounds of a glue comprising the reaction products of starch, Water, sodium hydroxid and acid to neutralize the excess amount of sodium hydroxid, and eleven (11) gallons of Water.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. I 7

JOHN HEATH WOOD.

Witnesses:

EARL M. HARDINE, CHARLES W. HILLS, Jr.

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7 v Washington, D. 0. 

